Lamp



June 16, 1931.

R. A. CURRIE LAMP Filed March 12. 1929 Patented June '16, 1931- ,i U TED STATES ROBERT A.. QURRIE;bIEfJSiRACUSELNEW YORK, AssIGNon T t. nm'rz COMPAN I 0r 1-IEwY0nx,N.,Y. I

,- Application filed March 12, 19 29. Seria1 No. 346,429.

Thisinvention relates to improvements in lampsor torches,- and more particularly to improvements'in torches of that type which are shaped-and weighted so as to beself l5 righting,-that i$, Which are adapted, when upset or, moved; out of the. normal upright position, to automatically vresume such position. Such torches are employed, for in stance,,-along "road: excavations, at; places .1 whereconstruc tion" work sin progress, and for, other outof-door uses, as danger slgnals or warnings to traffic, and they. are usually,

made of asturdy construction and shapeca pable of withstanding'severe usage'and'anoti being readily injured by falling" or-by fbea;v

ingstruck. by vehicles or horses hoofs,

1 one object of my invention to provide 1 simple and pratical means of novel construction for=securinginthe base of the torch,.

720' the weight which is employed for making the torch self-righting. Y

. Another, object of the invention is r to provide a practical, and simple devicelof novel" I construction: which .performs the several functions of a handle for carrying the torch a. lever for turning the burner: or wick tube to secure it to and disconnect it from'wthe,

torch body or font; andfme'ans' for holding the wick in adjustedgposition inthe burner or wick tubefand preventing the wick' from being accidentallyfshifted or pulled out of the tube,,,particularly when manipulating the latter to secure to [or detach it fromthe' i ingll'of the weight, being secured to the bottomofthetorch body as by spot welding, V

404' Fig; 1,is aview, partly in elevation partly insection, of a torch lamp embodying my invention Y Fig. 2 isa sectlonal'planview thereofoli- ;line 2-2, Fig. 1, showing by full and broken: lines two difierent positions of the handle or carryingbaih .7

Fig. 3 is a se 1, showingthe .bail in position to free or right position. The bodyconstitutes the font Another. obj ectis toimprove the construe-w lease the, Wick-Same i em:beledirst i nr form with a flattened base or bottom 11 on whichthe torch is adapted to rest in the nor.- mal or upright operative position, the glob; ular form of the body permitting it, if upset or knocked over, to roll on itsconvexed side portion'sfand be, readily returned to the upor containerfor the oil which feeds the-usual 61) wick. .The' body may be made of sheet metal andv composed oftop and bottom substantiallysemi-spherical sections secured together by a suitable joint 12 extending circuinferentially ofthebodyat its part of greatest diameter. Thebody may, however,be made of other; suitablecmaterial, form and construction; 7

13 isa weight or heavy rigid block in the base portionof the torch bo'dy'10, this weight being suflicientlyheavy and disposed so as to a retain the torch stablyin upright-position on its bottom or; seat lland to cause the torch, if upset or knocked outof such normal position,

toautomaticallyrreturn thereto. Preferably the weight is in the form of an annular block which is shaped to fit the inside surface of the base portion of the torch bodylQ and isprovided .witha centralopening 14, and is stationarily secured in place in the base of the torch body by a'securing or fastening device 15 located inthe opening 14, The securing device preferably is annular orof substantially cup shape and fits in the central openindicated mic, and having" an outwardly I flared or .flangedupper edge 17 which overhangs and engages thecorrespondinglybev elled upper edge of the central opening 14 of the Weight, thereby securing theweight 13 i o ,f, I o

.These parts follows: Theweight'is placed in positionuin are preferably assembled as the baseof the'torch body andthejcup-shaped a I fastener, is then; placed in lthe hole i n the weightand welded to thelbOttom of the body. The upper edge portion of the n, cup is then flanged outwardly tightly. against the bevellededge of the hole inv the weight, whereby theweight' is pressed downwardly against the bottom of the torch and is securely and rigidly clamped between the bottom and the flange 17 of the fastener 15. I The burner or wick tube 18 of the torch preferably consists of a heavy metal tube provided with a screw-threaded lower portion which is adapted to be screwed into a screwthreaded'opening 19 in the top end of the torch body. The wick 20 passes through this burner or wick tube 18. 21 represents a handle or bail preferably pivoted to the wick tube 18 and adapted to serve as a handle for carrying the torch. As

shown, this bail is of substantially U-form and its opposite legs are provided with inbent ends or pivots 22 and 23 which enter and are adap'ted" to turn in opposite holes in the wick tube 18, whereby the bail is adapted to swing from the upright position shown in Fig. 1 to a laterally projecting position indicated by broken linesin Fig. 2.

One end 23 of the bail extends through the wall oftliewickt'ube into the wick passage of the tube and is adapted to engage or partially'penetrate the wick, a'sindicated in Fig. 1, thereby gripping or holding the wick in positionin the burner or wick tube and preventing the wick from slipping or being accidentallypulled out of the burner or wick tube. The handle or bail 21 is preferably formed of wire having sufiicient resiliency to normally retain the end 23 of the bail protrudingthrough the pivot hole of the burner 01'' wick tube into engagement with the wick,

but the end of the bail can be moved out wardly, out of engagement withthe wick, to permit the adjustment, insertion or removal of the'wick, by pulling outwardly the leg of thelbail to which the end 23 is connected.

v To facilitate the disengagement of the end 23'from the wick, the burner or wick tube is preferably provided with a cam portion 25,,

see Figs. 2 and 3, which is so disposed with reference to the bail that'when the bail is swung down to horizontal position, the .adjacent leg of the bail will engage the cam 25, which will spring. the leg of the bail outwardly so as to withdraw and hold the end 230116 of engagement with the wick, as indicntedin Fig. 3. With theend 23 of the bail held in' this position by'the cam 25, the wick.

ca-n'be readily inserted into and adjusted in or removed'from' the burner or wick tube. Then, when the bail is moved out of engageme'nt'witlithe' cam 25, the end 23 of the bail willsprin'g' inwardly and press into'the' wick, as indicated in Fig. 1, and thereby retain the wickst'a'tionary in the adjusted position in the burner 01 wick tube.

By swingingth'e'bail or handle 21 down to a laterally rojecting position, it serves as a convenient handle or lever for turning the wick tube to screw it into or out of the thread:

ed hole in the torch body. It will thus be noted that theba'il or handle 23 serves the three-fold purpose of a carrying handle for the torch; a lever or handle for turning the wick tube; and a securing device for holding the wick in adjusted position in the burner or wick tube.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a lamp, the combination of a body, a wick tube secured to said body by a turning movement of the wick tube, and a handle connectedto said wick tube'to move from an upright position in which it serves as a carrying handle for the lamp, to a laterally projecting position in which it serves as a lever for turning the wick tube to secure it to and disconnectit from the lamp body.

2. In a lamp, the combination of a body, awick tube secured to said body'by a turning movement of the wick tube, and a U-shaped bail having inturned ends pivoted in holes in said wick tube whereby the bail is adapted to swing from an upright carrying position to a laterally projecting position in which it serves as a lever'for turning said wick tube. I

'3. In a lamp, the combination of a'body a wick tube thereon, a wick passingthrough said tube, and a carrying handle for said lamp having a part projecting through said wick tube into engagement with said wick folg'holding the wick in place inv the wick. til 8.

4. In a'lamp, the combination of a body, wick tube thereon, a wick passing-through said tube, am'ovable wick holder having a part projecting through said wick tube into engagement with said'wick for holding the wick in place in the wick tube, anda part on said lamp adapted when said wick holder is moved into engagement therewith to withdraw said wicg holding part from engagement with the wic 5. In a'lamp, the combination of a body, a wick tube thereon, a wick passing through said tube, and a carrying handle for said lamp having a pivot passing through a hole in said wick tube into holding engagement withsaid wick, and pivotallyconnectingsaid handle to said lamp, and a part on said lamp adapted when said handle is swung on its pivot to en gage the handle and shift said pivot part out of engagement with the wick to release the wick. x p

6. In a lamp, the combination of a body, a wick tube thereon a wick passin through said tube, and a bail havinginwar y extending ends pivoted in holesin said wick tube, one of said ends being adapted to extend through the wall of the wick tube into engagement with the wick forholding'the wick in place in the wick tube. V

7. In a lamp, the combinationot a body, a wick tube thereon, a wick passing through said tube, a bail'having inwardly extending ends pivoted in holes in said Wick tube, one of said end; being adapted to extend through the Wall ofthe wick tube into engagement with the WiCk'fOI' holding the Wick in place H in the Wick tube, and fa part on Said Wick tube adapted. when said bail is swung on its pivot to engage the bail and" shift SELid'WiCk-hOld- I ing pivot out of engagement with the Wick to" 7 permit movement of the wick in the Wick tube.

ROBERT A. :CURBIE; 

